Hey there everyone
I hope everyone is doing well

Good luck terryn, youre just gonna love being a missionary.

This week was really good.  we had companion exchanges friday with the hermanas in 9 de Julio-they are the only other hermanas in our zone nad we share an apt with them... theyre really great- but i went with hermana franco to work in their area.  and she is really great.  it was kinda fun to go and meet other people.  but i learned a lot and i left that night with a sure testimony that this is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I have  no doubt in my mind that Joseph Smith was called as a prophet of God to bring the gospel of jesus christ back into the earth.. and everyday i recieve more of a witness of htat.

but so friday...we visited a lot of people but one lesson in particular was special.  we went and taught a couple that theyve been teaching but never wants to commit to get married... but so we were talking and we were going to show the video the restoration and then try and pull out a date to get married... and i had the thought that maybe they hadnt prayed to know if the church was true because if they had that testimony, they would be willing to do whatever they needed to.  and so after the video i asked them if they had prayed specifically adn they said no... and so i had sebastian -the husband- pray and ask and oh man... the spirit was so strong nad afterwards he knew it was true. she knew too... and they promised to pray that night about the date that we gave them... and they gave us alfajores afterwards... you always know something changed when they give you food.. haha..

but anyways it was an amazing experience to see the change in him when he knew that it was true. when he recognized the spirit. anyone who was there couldnt deny that something was present.  I dont know how people can not believe in God when we have so many witnesses that he is there. He exists. we are his children, he loves us and if we follow him we can be happier than anyone could imagine. I know thats true. and i know that he answers prayers.  You guys can know that too....anyone can know.  You just have to ask god. and he will answer.  He always answers but not always in the sameway and n ot always in the way that we think...

I read a quote by elder uchtdorf which was kinda interesting about that..."Often, the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us. Selfless acts of service and consecration refine our spirits, remove the scales from our spiritual eyes, and open the windows of heaven. By becoming the answer to someone’s prayer, we often find the answer to our own."
I really liked that.  he answers our prayers through other people. and we answer the prayers of other people when we act on the promptings we recieve from the spirit.  always tryt o listen to the spirit. it will tell you what you need to do and help you help other people....we are supposed to be "actively engaged in a good cause..."

but anyways... this week we had an activity for the stake that we -the missionaries- organized. the Iron Rod. it was so much fun... we put blind folds on everyone and we had a string that was the rod and the elderes took them through and were trying to get them to let go of the rod and then they took them to the great and spacious building.  and it was crazy to see how many times people came back to start over. some came bakc like 3 or 4 times. and i guess thats how life is sometimes. we forget our instructions to not let go of the rod nad we start to listen to the people around us. hte people we "trust" and we stop listening to the lord.  and then we get lost. one girl was mad because the elder told her htat she had won and hten when people came to tell her that she was in the great and spacious building she was upset... but i realized that satan is a liar and sometimes, most times, wethink we are winning when we follow hima nd dont trust in the lord, but there will come a day that we will wake up and realize taht it was a lie and we lost....

the activity was fun to watch. it was fun to chat with the people as i was blind folding them. tell them again not to let go and send them  into the room and watch the elders... some were really good at decieving the people. and the food... the "fruit" was pretty good.  my cookies didnt turn out so great... like the worst ive made... but everyone else liked em...

but i guess thats about all...for now.

love you guys a lot
les quiero.
hermana applegate

hey everyone!!!

this week we had a lot A LOT of miracles!!!! One thing that hermana terrera said she heard once is that we should pray everyday to see miracles.  Because if we dont ask to see miracles we are never gonna see them.  I am also trying to write 3 miracles ive seen everyday and honestly sometimes they are things like.... today i ate this and i didnt die.... :) that was saturday.... they gave us locro... which im not really sure what it is... but its like a soup... or stew... with lots of meat and corn and everyone really likes it... but im not a fan of the smell and it sometimes has cow stomach which is apparently really yummy.... but so i had to eat it... and really it wasnt bad. it was actually pretty good.... well other than the stomach.. i didnt eat that part... i left it in my bowl....but its always good to try new things! i hope htat doesnt sound negative... cause i meant it to be a good thing

anyways.... i was talking about miracles... the days that i just have miracles like that are the days taht i wasnt looking for the miracles during the day.....  because if i was looking for them i could always find them... especially the days that we prayed to see them..

But so we are teaching this family... Lili and Pablo. and they have 2 little kids who are soooo cute.  but so lili has been an investigator for a long time...but pablo never wanted to listen and when the missionaries came over he left.... but weve started to teach him too and he is progressing!!!!  he supposedly "cant read" but he can read really well he just doesnt want anyone to know and he is reading the book of mormon. a lot. more than his wife... and little by little he is talking more in the lessons. htey are starting to wait for us to come and visit and this week when we went to go and look for them to go to church. he was awake and ready to go... lili didnt go but pablo did...it was pretty exciting.

and oh my goodness!!!! church was sooo so good yesterday.  there was actually quite a few people there.  but all of hte youth this week went to EFY (i think taht efy is the closest thing to youth conference and that they have here...but so the stake was really involved in getting them to go..) nad so in sacrament meeting they had the youth bear their testimonies about efy. and oh wow!!! there are some powerful youth here.  It was really good to see.  They had some of the typical i-didnt-want-to-go-but-my-mom-made-me-and-then-i-got-there-and-im-so-glad-that-i-went attitudes... i love those sometimes because it shows what happens when we repent and change our attitudes... we can learn so much.  but there were a couple of them that were really touching. this sound terrible but i love to see the young men who really have powerful spiritual experiences and they stop being tough and they cry right there in front of everyone.  i look at them and i think. these kids re gonna make great missionaries and great leaders here in argentina.  how great!!!!  it was amazing. I love the youth. they have such desires to grow and be better.

yeah it was a really great semana.... a lot of times it seemed like we were in the right place at the right time.  or knocked on the right door or taught the right lesson. 

it is such a joy to see the change in the eyes of the people when they feel the spirit or they start to realize that this gospel is true. when they get a testimony.. the confidence they start to have is so amazing.  i feel like im starting to understand what the book of mormon means when it talks about hte sons of mosiah.. i think i know how they felt before they left.. i love alma 26 because its ammon talking about the blessings of god and the things they had seen.

1 And now, these are the words of Ammon to his brethren, which say thus: My brothers and my brethren, behold I say unto you, how great reason have we to rejoice; for could we have supposed when we ^astarted from the land of Zarahemla that God would have granted unto us such great blessings?  2 And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can ye tell?
 3 Behold, I answer for you; for our brethren, the Lamanites, were in darkness, yea, even in the darkest abyss, but behold, how ^amany of them are brought to behold the marvelous light of God! And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that we have been made ^binstruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work.
...
16 Therefore, let us ^aglory, yea, we will ^bglory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his ^cmercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel.
....
 26 But behold, my beloved brethren, we came into the wilderness not with the intent to destroy our brethren, but with the intent that perhaps we might save some few of their souls.
 27 Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to ^aturn back, behold, the Lord ^bcomforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with ^cpatience thine ^dafflictions, and I will give unto you success.
 28 And now behold, we have come, and been forth amongst them; and we have been patient in our sufferings, and we have suffered every privation; yea, we have traveled from house to house, relying upon the mercies of the world—not upon the mercies of the world alone but upon the mercies of God.
 29 And we have entered into their houses and taught them, and we have taught them in their streets; yea, and we have taught them upon their hills; and we have also entered into their temples and their ^asynagogues and taught them; and we have been cast out, and mocked, and spit upon, and smote upon our cheeks; and we have been ^bstoned, and taken and bound with ^cstrong cords, and cast into prison; and through the power and wisdom of God we have been delivered again.
 30 And we have suffered all manner of afflictions, and all this, that perhaps we might be the means of saving some soul; and we supposed that our ^ajoy would be full if perhaps we could be the means of saving some.
isnt the work of the lord beautiful and wonderful?  i havent come close to baptizing thousands like they did. but they joy i feel helping the people one by one is incomprehensible....
I KNOW without a doubt in my mind htat this is the work of the Lord. i know that these people i am serving are the children of god as well as everyone else in the world. they are amazing people if you take the time to listen. 

Ive actually had a song from the movie rigaletto in my head but it says
"music boxes have with them. melodies they carry with them. once they open music fills the air.
everybody you have known, has a song, of their own, once they open up youll hear whats there.
its not easy, you must listen, with your heart to the songs with in (not exactly....)
there was a melody locked deep inside of me but now its free. it found a place embraced by harmony. sweet harmony. 

love more than anything teaches my heart to sing. only love... could break the shell now i know very well. the love within myself."
I love this because as ive started to learn to love these people. love them sooo so much i am so much happier and i understand people more. i love to just listen to people.  i want to help them more than anything else.  And i know that the only way i can is through baptism...i dont have the power to do anything else... just listening makes them feel better temporarily but its like putting on a bandaid.... when they need stitches or something like that... we (the missionaries) are the only people in the world authorized to save souls... how crazy to think about.  because no one can be saved without baptism... no one... and i want all these people in the celestial kingdom (all of you guys too!!!!)

I saw lots of miracles this week and i hope to see more this coming week.
I hope you guys saw some too.
have a wonderful week
i love you all sooooo much. and im glad to hear that everyone is alright from the shooting.... someone told me it was in huston (im not sure how to spell anymore..)  and then someone else told me it was denver.... so im glad everyone is safe. ive got you all in my prayers.

hermana applegate

Hey everyone!!!

Happy fathers day!!! i hope everyone had a great one!!

I had a good one.  i had to give a talk. and so i prepared a really really great one about our purpose as missionaries. and that is "Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them recieve the restored gospel through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his atonement, repentance, baptism by immersion for the remission of sin, recieving the gift of the holy ghost and enduring to the end."  how great of a purpose is that. But i decided the sunday before that i was gonna talk about Christ because a lot of time we forget about how central christ is in everything.  and so i broke down this purpose by little bit and was gonna talk about every little piece with scriptures and everything. Needless to say i was pretty excited about giving my talk (which NEVER happens...)  and then i got there and i was telling hernan who was gonna speak (its the missionary work people every third sunday...) and presidente Chauque came and said that analia had a talk aobut hte obra misional as well and so she talked instead of me... i shouldve known....

OH well they were really good talks and i learned a lot and i hope it inspires the members to do a little more because we are only 2 missionaries and the ward is huge and a lot of people think that the two of us and presidente are responsable for everything. which isnt true... but oh well.. its nice to know they have confidence in us.

This week actually ended a little rough... but i learned how to relieve stress a little more. and how to be more positive.  Because really. being positive is the most important thing when everything is going bad because honestly. if you are negative it just makes the bad things like 5 million times worse. so dont do it.  Sometimes its harder to look for the good than the bad but hey the best things are never easy.  Hermana levrino sent us a quote about that and overcomeing challenges... its in spanish so youll have to translate it yourself.


i dont know if you can read it.. its really good. its by albert einstein and he talks about how you would never learn anything is everything was easy. 

but thats aobut it for this week. have a great one

les quiero!!
hermana applegate

Hey everyone!!!

This week was soooooo good. I felt like a bit of a failure last night but im over that now and i am so grateful for this week.

We had a baptism saturday!!!! her name is Nilda. and she is amazing!  Shes 80 years old.  and her family is crazy!!! ive told you about her. but her kids dont want her to get baptized.  they dont like the whole tithing thing.  but so she decided she was gonna get baptized anyways she just wasnt gonna tell anyone about it.  So i felt like we were planning the great escape.  because she always has  someone in the house to watch her husband and her daughter. and so they couldnt know so wed go into other rooms and talk quietly and when she came in we´d talk about somethign else and it was crazy for like a week. but 2 people knew. elle who works in the mornings and marsia who we taught with nilda but now only works sundays.... but the baptism was so wonderful. it was really stressful. but really great. Nilda has great faith and the more opposition she had the more she wanted to get baptized.  And let me tell you what! Satan did NOT want her baptized.  

the day of was cold. and she is old so we had to try and get the water as warm as possible and so the thing they use to heat water doesnt get really hot. and theres a window we cant shut that was blowing in cold air...and the water didnt come out fast, and we couldnt put cold water in too because that would make the water colder... oh and it had to be in the mornign when elle was there... so it was getting closer to the time to go get her for her baptism and the water wasnt very close to be full... so we started to fill up pots of water and boil them and when they boiled dump them into the font.  THis was actually a good thing because it heated up the room with the baptismal font.  (the church doesnt have heat and it was like see-your-breath-cold taht day. it actually gets pretty chilly here....)  so finally other people came to keep up the water while we went to go get Nilda.  Oh AND our ward mission leader hasnt showed up to his meetings this week so we werent sure if he was gonna be able to help us organize the baptism... but anyways we go get nilda and come back. adn she only has about an hour.... and the water still wasnt where it should be. so we wait a little bit and then we couldnt find the key to the baptismal font!!!! to enter into it!!!! oh dear.  

We finally found the key and then we get nilda changed but the bathrooms were like a refridgerator.  but so gladis had the idea to close the little divider thing between the room with the font and the kitchen (they are one room...)and nilda could change in the kitchen where it was nice and toasty! and that was great!  

The next obstacle was baptizing her. because she is old she has a hard time bending her back and she didnt really understand that she needed to be completely underwater (oops... we did explain taht though...)so standing didnt work. then she kneeled down and we still couldnt get it. so finally she ended up sitting down and finally matias could baptize her. but we were working with her for like 30 minutes in the water. it was crazy (You can tell that the water was Really slow which ended up being a blessing but stressful before hand...)

Then yesterday her confirmation was linda..(tahts the word for beautiful, pretty. good ... you get the picture.. in this situation it doesnt translate completely but it works in spanish...)  Matias confirmed her too. he was really nervous because hes never confirmed anyone before but it was amazing.  hes gone with us to visit her every week so they are good friends.  But Nilda is amazing. I am amazed by her and by the change in her. and im amazed by the faith of Matias.... He is great and he was really nervous and made extra sure that the blessing came from the lord and not from him.

Well thats about the highlight of my week!!!

oh we also had a conference fo the hermanas with my mission presidents wife. it was great! it was nice to be in a missionary meeting and not be iwth the elders... haha. but it really made me happy to be a daughter of God aand to be serving him. I learned a lot but i cant write everything.  Ill just leave it at the fact that i am so grateful to have righteous women to pattern my life after.  mom, hermana levrino. the other hermanas.  i hope i can be more like them. Firmer in the gospel of jesus christ.

I love you all!!! 

Remember Faith can conquer anything!

Have a great week

hermana applegate

well hey there everyone.

 Its another week here in Oran. and guess what?!?!?! this week wasnt really that hot! Its starting to get cooler. and by cooler is down to normal colorado late summer/early autumn. its so nice. and I love it. I love not sweating and being able to use a sweater if i want. and not smelling gross.... haha

So heres a cool story for the week... We have been visiting this old lady, Nilda, and i love her but really she wasnt really progressing. She always talks about the same thing as she gives us food.... soo much food.  But usually its Her and hermana rojas talking about her problems and prayer as i talk to her daughter Kayla.  And Kayla is special something happened about 20 years or more ago and she got hurt in an accident and now is mentally handicapped and in a wheel chair. Shes fun. But she always asks me the same questions. and hey Michael... Theyre all generally about you.  you have a friend here in Oran.  But she asks me the same set of about 5 questions about 20 times every visit. She doesnt really talk to hermana rojas.  :) 

But so finally one day we gave Nilda a Book of Mormon. and assigned her to read 3 Nephi 11.  And left. So yesterday we went back to visit her and she told us that she had started to go to the church to attend and her son went to find her and bring her back because the house keeper didnt know what to make for lunch (oh nilda is about 80.)  But Nilda had started to read the Book of Mormon.  and she said she just couldnt stop reading. She read one night until 6 in the morning!!!! and she showed us where she ended up at and it was the end of Moroni. and she was planning on reading the dictionary thing we have at the end of the spanish book of mormon.  But she talked about how clear it was and how much she loved reading it. and it was sooo amazing. so amazing.  Im really excited to teach her. Aand her other house keeper (at night) usually is very cold when we come, she is very... active in her church... and doesnt really want anything to do with us, but last night she was different. She listened to us and i could tell she felt the spirit and she gave us kisses when we left (okay clarification about the culture here. no one really hugs. ever. the way you greet people and say goodbye is with a kiss on the cheek. well only the women for us..  so its not weird) normally she just says bye with her arms folded. and she listened and it was cool...

The spirit is sooo cool. When it is strong it changes hearts.  And im learning ( ive still got a long way to go...) that the only way to get it strong is to be obedient and to follow it when i feel like i should say or do somethign. Do it. Even when it seems weird, like asking to sing a hymn in the middle of a conversation because i feel a little bit of contention.  Its really amazing. I was reading about the stripling warriors this week and they were pretty cool. The reason they had success is becasue they had confidence in the Lord and when they could, they brought the fight to where they could control what would happen (thats when they drew the lamanites out of their city to come fight them on fair grounds) nad we do that through the Spirit, when the spirit is there, they change. When its not, they dont and we end up arguing a little bit.  but yeah that was something cool i learned this week. Dont doubt and bring the "fight" to where we have the upper hand. Where we can control what happens. And reallyt he investigators feel more comfortable when the spirit is present.

So it was a good week not terribly excitign but good for me. I hope it was good for you guys

Les quiero
Hermana Applegate

Hey there everyone!!!

Felizes Pascua!!!!  Thats Happy easter in spanish.... I hope everyone had a great easter.  Really mine wasnt any different than any other sunday... But i did get up and make a breakfast for everyone. And it was actually not to bad. but it wasnt really how i wanted it to be and the other hermanas had to leave so we all ate at different times. and then as i was moving all of the food over towards hermana Rojas´ plate (we all always sit in the same seats all the time its a little odd....) but i dropped all of the food on the floor and broke the plate!  I felt so bad! i wanted to cry and laugh at the same time!!! what a way to start a day. hehe

So in church we had 3 confirmations! and honestly i think confirmations are better than the baptisms now that weve had the whole elizabeth situation.  (she still hasnt come to church to get confirmed...)  But i realized lately that the baptism is just one part of the whole thing. The more important part is to be confirmed. Thats when we get the gift of the Holy Ghost and recivie the blessings of baptism.

But we baptized hernan saturday!!! he is the husband of Adriana who we baptized 2 weeks ago.  It was a MIRACLE!!!! he was unsure for a long time and had some problems with the word of wisdom. But this week he told us that he was ready and made the changes completely!! WOOO HOOOO:  I am soo stinking excited for them.  We confirmed both of them yesterday as well as the little bo y we baptized the week before. :) it was the best easter ever!!! I cant wait for them to go to the temple. And oh my goodness i want to be there when they get sealed together. Hopefully.... If the buenos Aires temple is finished in a year nad they decide to go there, and it happens to be right as i get off my mission and if president levrino says its okay..... (they dont know im planning/thinking about all of this.. haha) but if it all works out just right. i might. just might get to go. Oh my gosh i love them so much. Its like they are a part of my family. Or i guess more like im a part of theirs and ive known them forever. I love to just listen to adriana talk she has a lot of different experiences that have made her how she is.

and then we went to work and we found this girl - well shes 24 but i dont know how to classify that anymore-  But her name is Noelia (i love that name by the way) and she has a little 5 year old boy and we taught her and i dont know. There was nothing too distinctive about the lesson but the spirit was there and it was a sweet sweet spirit. And i could tell by the look in her eyes that she felt that what we shared was true. Im excited to be able to visit her again and teach her more.

And then we visited Antonia. And shes great. Shes this old lady. and she saw us coming and when we came up she was pulling out chairs for us to sit in and talk. And she read the pamphlet we left and is praying and wants to come to church next week (she couldnt this week bec she had just gotten back from Tucuman) but she is a fireball and LOVES TO TALK. A lot. Im pretty excited for her too. she said shes gonna read the book of mormon a lot. :)

I love easter. So here they have this weird catholic procession thing. but all of the people ask what we do for easter. and my companion says "really we dont do anything special for easter in church because we remember the sacrifice of our savior every week in church" which actually really bugs me... but its true. we didnt do anything special in church. we didnt even sing easter hymns.... Nothing was really out of the ordinary but i tried to take the time to remember my savior. and talk about him. and i should really be better about remembering him every week. in everythign taht i do. Ive started thanking Heavenly Father for this in my prayers. For the Atonement and the great blessing we have to remember that he suffered and died for all of our sins. and this has helped me use this more in my life and feel my saviors love in all times, all things, and all places. (im still working on that but it has helped me be a lot better) and so everyone.. Will you pray and talk to your heavenly father? thank him for the atonement? And use that wonderful gift everyday of your lives?

I know that He knows exactly how we feel and he loves us.  I love Alma 7:11-12

 11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and ^aafflictions and ^btemptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will ^ctake upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.
 12 And he will take upon him ^adeath, that he may ^bloose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to ^csuccor his people according to their infirmities.
I know that this is true!!! i know that he knows how you feel and he loves you. I know that Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father know you personally.  They have spent time with you because they lived with you before you came to this earth. And you can know that too. You just have to ask. I lvoe in Joseph Smith prophet of the Restoration.  when the old lady is asking him about the church (after complaining to his mom abotu the mormons...)  she says "what makes you so certain mr. smith that God even cares." and he said " he does care. and you can know it. You only need to ask"  And i know that tahts true. You only need to ask. and he will answer. 

Well I should go!! Happy Easter everyone!  Remember who you are! and remember your savior and your Heavenly Father.

Les quiero
Hermana Applegate.

Okay everyone soooo guess what!?!?!?!

We found Elisabeth! woo hoo! we finally talked to her thursday about what happened.  And she has a lot of problems with her older sister and i dont understand all of it but i think what happened for her baptism is her sister (who doesnt really like the fact that elisabeth wants to join the church) made it so she couldnt leave the house. And then i think she was a little ashamed to talk to us for awhile. but we finally found her and we ended up baptizing her saturday.  We talked to her and finally i asked when she wanted to get baptized and she said at 9am saturday. Okay 9 am.... It was SO special.

Oh my goodness i cant explain exactly how i felt. but is was just Elisabeth, me, Hermana Rojas, Cristian (who baptized her and a friend of hers), Gustavo and nelson (who were witnesses) and Hernan (the secretary for the branch who directed) and that was it. Hermana Rojas and i used our exercise time to run to the church (well i ran really slowly as she walked it wasnt the greatest exercise but hey it was exercise) and we filled the font. and then came back and baked the banana bread we made the night before as we got ready and then left really quickly to go find elisabeth and head to the church.  So because it was really a last minute baptism hermana rojas nad i talked. I talked about baptism and the gift of the holy ghost and oh man, the love i felt for her as i stood there and looked at her and told her about the love of her heavenly father was soooo great.  And about the holy ghost and the blessings in my life because of this church.  Missionary work is so great. so soo great. I love ti. and watching her get baptized was such a special feeling.  she looked so happy.

Then sunday came...

And we went to go and find her to bring her to church for her confirmation. and she couldnt leave with us because she was watching her neices again.... but said shed be there. and she didnt come. dang it...  Then after lunch as we were heading to the church to study i felt like we should go see her. so we stopped by and she just said that she couldnt come but didnt give a reason why.  she just said she couldnt which bugged hermana rojas. She has something going on. that shes not telling us which makes me think that we did something wrong. to make her not trust us completely but i think it makes her ashamed to talk to us sometimes.  >but hermana rojas said we would visit tuesday but i felt like she just needed to talk right hten but i didnt say something. I am so dumb sometimes.

But next week we will get her confirmed. I have learned a ton about faith here. The faith to do all the things the lord asks. Study the whole time. talk to everyone in the streets. not listen to the music that plays in the street (not that i understand it anyways) or when memebers are watching tv when we come to not look.  All of these little seemingly harmless things really help with everything and especially to have the faith that we can complete the goals our president gave us when we do all of these things.  When i do my contacts in the street somehow we have more time for lessons (im not sure how that works because im using more time) or if im doing everything and trust the lord that we WILL be able to baptize saturday even when our investigators dont seem to be ready how we wanted them to be we are able to baptize.

 HAHA so wednesday we went somewhere and we had 2 different baptisms planned for this past saturday hernan and facundo and we baptized elisabeth instead... But we went somewhere and hermana rojas scheduled an appt for when we planned for a baptism and i said but we have a baptism saturday.and she was kinda like uh huh. who are we gonna baptize. and i said im not sure right now but we were told to baptize every week and therefore the lord has someone in mind for us to baptize. and lets go find them.  and then i asked her where is her faith. ahh i dont know where taht came from when i told her that. but i realized if i dont have the faith to complete all of hte things its never gonna happen. But when i have the faith it happens.  it may not happen how i want it to or the way we expect it to. But really God keeps his promises if we have the faith to let him.

It reminds me of hte movie Legacy (one of the 4 movies we can watch here...) and at the end as they are packing to leave winter quarters the dad is getting after eliza and askign why she doesnt wait for spring... and then she said something like "god promised us that he has a place of rest for us. Lets help him keep his promises."  I love that. we have to help god keep his promises.  And we do that through obedience and faith.  My companion always teaches faith and puts something on the table like a rock. and says I have faith that this rock can move.  Do you? and then we talk a little bit about it and then she moves the rock. and says look it moved. I had faith and i acted. and it moved.  I love that

Well i should go.

I love yall
have a great week!

Les quiero
hermana applegate.